Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained, and different memories would remember the past in different ways. 𝐀 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞; 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫" Education of a Wandering Man Louis L'Amour